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  Vikings opponents in a hurry to not rush
If they hold their final three opponents to a combined 51 rushing yards, the Vikings would finish the regular season with the lowest average of rushing yards allowed per game since the league began keeping records in 1920.
The all-time NFL record stands at 47.18 yards per game, set by the 1942 Chicago Bears in an 11-game season.
That would fall in line with a streak that has grown into one of the most impressive trends of the NFL season.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Arizona Cardinals
NFL 75th season anniversary logo The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League.
The 1925 NFL season was the 6th regular season of the National Football League.
The 1947 NFL season was the 28th regular season of the National Football League.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: NFL Draft
The NFL Draft has been in New York City since 1965 and has had to move into large venues as the event has gained in popularity, drawing fans from across the country who are looking for a reason to paint their faces in April.
The NFL Scouting Combine is a three-day showcase, occurring every year at the end of February in Indianapolis, Indiana's RCA Dome, where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers and scouts.
The 2006 NFL season is the 87th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States.
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 1970 NFL season at AllExperts
The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger.
The season concluded with the Colts defeating the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 in Super Bowl V, the first Super Bowl played for the NFL Championship.
Before the season, the league demanded that the Bears find a new home field because the seating capacity of their then-current home, Wrigley Field, was less than 50,000.
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 1970 NFL SEASON : Encyclopedia Entry
Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new conferences at 13 teams each.
Before the season, the league demanded that the Bears find a new home field because the seating capacity of their then-current home, Wrigley Field, was less than 50,000.
The NFL rules become the standardized rules for the merged league, including the rule that a point after touchdown is worth one point, (that is, no two-point conversion).
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1941 NFL season   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 1941 NFL season was the 22th regular season of the National Football League.
Before the season, Elmer Layden was named the first Commissioner of the NFL, while Carl Storck resigned as league president.
The league bylaws were changed to provide for playoffs in cases where division races are tied after the regular season, and rules for sudden-death overtimes in case a playoff game was tied after four quarters.
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 NFL Preview - Pittsburgh (3-6) At Cleveland (3-6) - NFLNews Story - WPBF West Palm Beach
The 2006 season hasn't been so kind to the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers, who sport a 3-6 record with losses in six of their last eight games.
Parker is fourth in the NFL in rushing, and his eight touchdowns are double what he had last season.
Cleveland is 30th in the NFL at stopping the ground attack, but managed to contain one of the league's best running games last week against Atlanta.
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The NFL's Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the then-Baltimore Colts agreed to join the new AFC along with the 10 former AFL teams.
Each team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away) during the regular season in addition to 10 other games/teams assigned to their schedule by the NFL the previous May. Two of these games are assigned on the basis of the team's final record in the previous season.
At the end of each football season, there are playoff games involving the top six teams in the AFC (the four division champions by place standing and the top two remaining non-division-champion teams ("wild cards") by record).
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NFL 1970 StandingsSuper70s.com (Where the 1970s never ended) looks back on the Super70s also covers all aspects of...
Milestones - Pro Football Hall of FameThe shoe worn by Tom Dempsey during the 1970 NFL season is on exhibit in the Hall’s exhibition rotunda that chronicles the first century of professional football.
Marv LevyThe 1970 NFL season you moved as the special teams coach to the Los Angeles Rams under head coach George Allen.
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 National Football Conference
The Conference was created for the 1970 NFL season, the first season after the consummation of the AFL-NFL Merger.
Each team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away) during the regular season in addition to 10 other games/teams assigned to their schedule by the NFL in the April before.
At the end of each football season, a series of playoff games involving the top six teams in the NFC are played, consisting of the four division champions by place standing and the top two remaining non division champion teams ("wildcards") by record.
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 History of The Super Bowl
For example, John Brodie, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, received $35,000 in 1965 and was asking for a raise to $65,000 after leading the NFL in completions, completion percentage, yardage and touchdown passes.
Davis was a hawk in regard to the NFL, and he had a plan.
The NFL had bragged of its superiority because of the caliber of its quarterbacks.
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 1971 NFL season . Enpsychlopedia
The 1971 NFL season was the 52nd regular season of the National Football League.
The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins.
Before the season, the Boston Patriots changed their name to New England Patriots after they moved to their new home field, Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
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 News | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 1975 season was even more disastrous as the Browns dropped their first nine games and Phipps working under the tutelage of quarterback coach Blanton Collier.
He saw minimal action during the 1977 NFL season, threw for two touchdowns (along with 10 interceptions) the next year, but saw his most extensive action in 1979.
Phipps threw for a pair of touchdown in each of the next two seasons, but his limited role and the arrival of both quarterback Jim McMahon in the 1982 NFL draft and new coach Mike Ditka resulted in his release.
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Meanwhile, all of the former AFL teams along with the NFL's Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the then-Baltimore Colts formed the American Football Conference (AFC).
For instance, in the 2006 regular season, each team in the NFC East will play a game apiece against each team in both the AFC South and the NFC South.
At the end of each football season, a series of playoff games involving the top six teams in the NFC are played, consisting of the four division champions by place standing and the top two remaining non division champion teams ("wild cards") by record.
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 NFL 1970 Football Season Archives
1970 NFL Team Rankings: Computer ranking of all the teams in the NFL based on performance AND strength of schedule and more...
1970 NFL Weekly Matchups: Team matchups, computer predications and results of (scheduled games) for the season from the first game of the regular season through the playoffs.
1970 NFL Scores and Schedules: Complete 1970 NFL team scores and schedules including regular season and playoffs.
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An all-NFL All-Star team and regular NFL franchise battled on the football field until the end of the 1942 season.
Of interesting note is that in the 20 seasons of the format, the Western/National Conference won both the Pro Bowl and the NFL Championship game 9 times, while the Eastern/American won both 2 times.
Of interesting note is that in the 37 seasons since the AFL-NFL Merger, the NFC has won both the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl 9 times, while the AFC has won both 9 times as well.
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 American Football Conference -   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The AFC was formed before the 1970 NFL season from the American Football League when the AFL merged with the NFL.
The NFL's Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the then-Baltimore Colts agreed to join the new AFC.
At the end of each football season, there are playoff games involving the top six teams in the AFC (the four division champions by place standing and the top two remaining non-division-champion teams ("wildcards") by record).
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 NFL EUROPE in association with SportsLine.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
From 1984 to 1986, Lantz was defensive line coach at Notre Dame and spent five seasons as defensive coordinator at the University of Louisville before moving on to Virginia.
The native of New York brings three years of NFL experience to the Thunder having served as a seasonal athletic trainer for the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles, nursing the bumps and bruises of NFL stars such as quarterback Donovan McNabb.
NFL Europe League, NFL Europe shield design and the team marks and logos are registered trademarks of the National Football League and its affiliates.
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 NFL players struggle with weight game
NFL offensive linemen started to get bigger than their defensive counterparts in 1975, the first year the O-lines outweighed the D-lines.
This season, the average weight for an offensive lineman is 312 — 23 pounds heavier than the average defensive lineman.
Former Dolphins coach Don Shula, who was an NFL defensive back in the '50s, said he and his teammates did little more than play some pickup basketball and run in the off-season.
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 1965 NFL season at AllExperts
The 1965 NFL season was the 46th regular season of the National Football League.
Meanwhile, the NFL's war with the rival AFL began to increase as the two leagues competed for the top players coming out of college.
Prior to the season, both the NFL's Chicago Bears and the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs selected running back Gale Sayers in their respective league drafts.
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 islandpacket.com | NFL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Barber averaged 64 catches a year over the final eight seasons of his career, while probable 2007 starter Brandon Jacobs has a grand total of 11 receptions in two NFL seasons, and recent acquisition Reuben Droughns is not known for his pass-catching skills.
Frank Gore was great last season often in spite of the efforts of his offensive line, so the team would be well- advised to bring in a couple of fresh bodies in that department.
NEW YORK, N.Y. The NFL announced on Monday that the exhibition game in China between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks that was set for this August has been rescheduled for the 2009 season.
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 NFL Preview - Jacksonville (8-5) At Tennessee (6-7) - NFLNews Story - KOAT Albuquerque
The Jaguars ended with 375 rushing yards versus the Colts, the second-most in the NFL since the 1970 merger and the highest total since Cincinnati had 407 yards against Denver in 2000.
In addition to the regular season series, the teams have met once in the playoffs, with Tennessee scoring a 33-14 road victory in the 1999 AFC Championship.
Henry (937 yards, 7 TDs) is on pace for his third 1,000-yard season, and first in a Tennessee uniform, and posted 88 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries against Houston.
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 Detroit Lions Site: Did you know? Steve Mariucci coaching notes
Earned playoff berths in four of his six seasons with 49ers, with his only two losing seasons coming in 1999 and 2002 during a span which most considered the team to be in salary cap purgatory.
With a 12-win season in 2001, Mariucci became just the second coach in NFL history to win at least 12 games in three of his first five seasons as head coach.
Mariucci established an NFL record when he won 11-straight games as a rookie head coach, the longest such streak for a coach in his first year in the NFL.
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 NFL betting Team Salaries   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The AFC was formed before the 1970 NFL season from the American Football League when the AFL merged with the NFL.
Each team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away) during the regular season in addition to 10 other games/teams assigned to their schedule by the NFL in the May before.
At the end of each football season, there are playoff games involving the top six teams in the AFC (the four division champions by place standing and the top two remaining non division champion teams ("wildcards") by record).
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 Seattle Seahawks Team Page
In 20 NFL seasons (1999-2005 head coach Seattle, 1992-98 head coach Green Bay, 1986-1991 assistant coach San Francisco) Holmgren's teams have a 209-109-1 (.657) record, posted double-digit win totals 12 times, made the postseason 15 times, won three Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIV, and XXXI), and reached two others (XXXII and XL).
Background: Quarterback at Southern California (1966-69) and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft.
NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated.
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 ESPN.com - NFL - Garber: On any given Sunday ...
They are a dismal 2-7 this season and perhaps the best example of the league's dramatic and widespread reversal of fortunes.
Through eight weeks of the regular season, the league's average paid attendance was 65,154, an increase of 1,134 over last year's all-time season record of 64,020.
NFL payrolls, as a rule, fall between the $50 million and $70 million mark.
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 Tagliabue Heads List Of Hall Finalists - NFLNews Story - WDSU New Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He is the only player to lead the NFL in total yards from scrimmage for four consecutive seasons and was the league's MVP in 1991.
Dent spent most of his career with the Chicago Bears and was the MVP of the Super Bowl after the 1985 season when he led the NFL with 17 sacks as part of Chicago's dominating defense.
He was the NFL lineman of the year in 1987, was a seven-time Pro Bowl choice and only one of a handful of players to be selected for two All-Decade Teams (1980s and 1990s).
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